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Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" on display at Christie's auction room in London before the November auction. The rare painting of Christ sold for a record $450 million.

Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" on display at Christie's auction room in London before the November auction. The rare painting of Christ sold for a record $450 million. (Kirsty Wigglesworth / Associated Press)

The museum, the only offshoot of the Louvre, opened Nov. 11. Its inaugural exhibition, “One Louvre to Another: Opening a Museum for Everyone,” will open Dec. 21. It ends April 7. The show’s three sections will tell the story of the Louvre, with royal paintings from Versailles under King Louis XIV,...

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Retrace the footsteps of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the Pacific Northwest, go on lobster bakes in Maine, or sail through Washington state's Puget Sound on a wine-and-dine cruise. The cruises are among 16 themed journeys being launched next year by American Cruise Lines. The...

Dozens of cruise lines received kudos Tuesday as cruise review website Cruise Critic announced its 10th annual Editors' Pick Awards. Winners range from small riverboats to some of the largest passenger ships sailing the world's oceans. Viking Cruises, with both river and ocean ships, scored five...